Notable burials
Where notable Americans are buried
68,091 people with an encyclopedia entry are recorded as buried in 7,732 of the cemeteries in our directory, across 51 states. Search a name to find the cemetery, or browse by state.
68,091
notable burials
7,732
cemeteries with one or more
51
states
10,713
in New York, the most of any state
By theme
Presidents, veterans, writers and more
Government
Military
Arts and entertainment
Built from occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
Best known
Widely documented people and where they rest
- Michael Jackson1958-2009American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Abraham Lincoln1809-1865President of the United States from 1861 to 1865Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- George Washington1732-1799Founding Father and first U.S. presidentWashington Family Cemetery, Mount Vernon, VA
- Mark Twain1835-1910American author and humoristWoodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, NY
- John F. Kennedy1917-1963President of the United States from 1961 to 1963Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Marilyn Monroe1926-1962American actress and modelWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Steve Jobs1955-2011American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc.Alta Mesa Cemetery, Los Altos, CA
- Thomas Jefferson1743-1826Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809Jefferson Tomb, Charlottesville, VA
- Walt Disney1901-1966American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney CompanyForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Benjamin Franklin1706-1790American polymath and statesmanChrist Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
- Ernest Hemingway1899-1961American author and journalistKetchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- Henry Ford1863-1947American business magnateFord Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- Theodore Roosevelt1858-191926th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay Cove, NY
- Muhammad Ali1942-2016American boxerCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Louis Armstrong1901-1971American jazz musician, trumpeter and singerFlushing Cemetery, Queens, NY
- Andy Warhol1928-1987American artist, film director, and producerSaint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Lyndon B. Johnson1908-1973President of the United States from 1963 to 1969Johnson Cemetery, Johnson City, TX
- Enrico Fermi1901-1954Italian, American physicistOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Bruce Lee1940-1973Hong Kong, American martial artist and actorLake View Cemetery, Seattle, WA
- Calvin Coolidge1872-1933President of the United States from 1923 to 1929Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Mount Holly, VT
- Richard Feynman1918-1988American theoretical physicistMountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
- James Monroe1758-1831President of the United States from 1817 to 1825Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Ralph Waldo Emerson1803-1882American philosopherSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
- Judy Garland1922-1969American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillianHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- William Howard Taft1857-193027th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- James A. Garfield1831-1881President of the United States in 1881Lake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Elizabeth Taylor1932-2011British-American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Emily Dickinson1830-1886American poetWest Cemetery, Amherst Center, MA
- Martin Van Buren1782-1862President of the United States from 1837 to 1841Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, NY
- Grover Cleveland1837-190822nd & 24th President of the United States (1885-1889; 1893-1897)Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Henry David Thoreau1817-1862American essayist, poet, and philosopherSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
- Andrew Johnson1808-1875President of the United States from 1865 to 1869Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, TN
- Henry Kissinger1923-2023American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Carl Sagan1934-1996American astrophysicist, cosmologist and authorLake View Cemetery, Cayuga Heights, NY
- Zachary Taylor1784-1850President of the United States from 1849 to 1850Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Indian Hills Cherokee Section, KY
- James Buchanan1791-1868President of the United States from 1857 to 1861Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
- John Tyler1790-1862President of the United States from 1841 to 1845Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Millard Fillmore1800-1874President of the United States from 1850 to 1853Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
- Frank Sinatra1915-1998American singer and actorDesert Memorial Park Cemetery, Cathedral City, CA
- Franklin Pierce1804-1869President of the United States from 1853 to 1857Old North Cemetery, Concord, NH
- Whitney Houston1963-2012American singer, actress, and film producerFairview Cemetery, Fairview, NJ
- Benjamin Harrison1833-1901President of the United States, 1889-1893Crown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Malcolm X1925-1965American Black rights activistFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Toni Morrison1931-2019African American novelist, essayist, and academicSouth View Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Chester A. Arthur1829-1886President of the United States from 1881 to 1885Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY
- Herman Melville1819-1891American writer and poetWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- John McCain1936-2018American politicianU.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Naval Academy, MD
- Katharine Hepburn1907-2003American actressCedar Hill Cemetery, Newington, CT
- Rosa Parks1913-2005Civil rights activistWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- Ayn Rand1905-1982Russian-born American writer and public philosopherKensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
- Emma Goldman1869-1940Russian-born American anarchistForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Paul Dirac1902-1984British theoretical physicistRoselawn Cemetery, Tallahassee, FL
- William James1842-1910American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatistCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Bing Crosby1903-1977American singer and actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- John von Neumann1903-1957Hungarian and American mathematician and physicistPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- John Wayne1907-1979American actorPacific View Memorial Park, Costa Mesa, CA
- Saul Bellow1915-2005Canadian-American writerMorningside Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT
- Sinclair Lewis1885-1951American writer and playwrightGreenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, MN
- Ray Bradbury1920-2012American author and screenwriterWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Harriet Beecher Stowe1811-1896American abolitionist and authorPhillips Academy Cemetery, Andover, MA
Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.
Cemeteries
Most recorded notable burials
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA4,062
- Green - Wood Cemetery · Brooklyn, NY1,727
- Woodlawn Cemetery · The Bronx, NY1,474
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Glendale, CA1,386
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA1,333
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Burbank, CA793
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA706
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL578
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA518
- Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum · Finneytown, OH448
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC434
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL433
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park · Colma, CA427
- West Point Cemetery · West Point, NY394
- Westwood Memorial Park · Santa Monica, CA387
- Bellefontaine Cemetery · Saint Louis, MO381
- Kensico Cemetery · Valhalla, NY381
- Crown Hill National Cemetery · Indianapolis, IN376
- Forest Hills Cemetery · Roslindale, MA358
- Holy Cross Cemetery · Inglewood, CA354
Method
Where these names come from
Each name is a person whose Wikidata entry gives a US cemetery as the place of burial. We match that cemetery to our listing through its Wikidata ID or its USGS GNIS feature number, and show the name, years and short description exactly as Wikidata records them.
The list covers people notable enough for an encyclopedia entry. It is not a burial register: most graves in any cemetery are not on it. For a family member, use the guide to finding where someone is buried.
Spotted a wrong burial place? Wikidata is open to edits, and our list follows it on each refresh.
By state
Notable burials by state
- Alabama635
- Alaska139
- Arizona297
- Arkansas378
- California9,351
- Colorado247
- Connecticut1,850
- Delaware100
- District of Columbia1,261
- Florida478
- Georgia859
- Hawaii172
- Idaho150
- Illinois3,508
- Indiana1,269
- Iowa748
- Kansas487
- Kentucky889
- Louisiana450
- Maine589
- Maryland1,397
- Massachusetts5,034
- Michigan1,368
- Minnesota839
- Mississippi289
- Missouri1,271
- Montana137
- Nebraska404
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- New Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oklahoma376
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Utah626
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- West Virginia252
- Wisconsin1,183
- Wyoming107